No. of Recommendations: 5
I double-checked it. We controlled the zone, but it was not "sovereign US territory".
I checked your check. You are correct.
The Canal Zone is specifically mentioned in the 1952 Immigration and Citizenship act:
§1403. Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904
(a) Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
(b) Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, §303, 66 Stat. 236 .)
The same question came up in 68, when George Romney ran for POTUS. He was born in Mexico, of US citizen parents.
Steve
